Further freakingly fantabulous adventures of the 40+ Mummies

For gorgeous, frolicking and fabulous 40-somethings to share the joys of becoming a Mummy, just a little bit later than most!! . Park your zimmer-frame next to your baby buggy, put your feet up, and come and join us in the snug.

Monster and Lia you are both very welcome to join. How are you doing Monster? You are the same age as I was when I welcomed DS1 into the world last June. It's quite a special time.

And Lia 6 DCs... wow! You're giving me hope I can manage another - I'll be 44 this year.

Quite frankly, I am struggling to keep up with everyone too. Just one of the problems of being so ancient!! . Feel free to dip in and out as you like. The other thread is just about to fill up so there will be more chat on here v soon.

welcome monsterchild and lia66. monster thats very tough going back to work so soon. can baby literally go to work with you though? nice job! lia I'm a 1st time mum at 40, all advice very, very welcome! anyone else up late feeding? my fault as I've made the mistake of trying to 'tidy up' this evening. I should know by now not to attempt anything beyond eating, sleeping and laundry...

oh eagle hope you can relax and put all thoughts of ambulance rides out of your mind , it won't come to that!. nows the time for calm yoga breathing and stuff to distract you from worrying - film watching is ideal. is dp at home? if not do you have neighbours you can ask to look out for you?

J had an ok night after the horrendous screaming. Had he not just had his jags I would have been thinking about calling an ambulance as he just does not make such noises usually. He seems fine today, so hope that is as exciting as it gets.

Hey VQ we made it to the meet up, MidgetGoat and myself. Goat texted me saying she got home safely, hope Midget did too, my trains were delayed but managed to squeeze the pram to get on the first train and was home not too late... Even decided to pick up DS early from nursery. We had a nice lunch, massive sofa to sit on and put babies down, babies behaved themselves, we arrived at 11 and left at 2.45, hum hum.... But it was baby Goat's half birthday today so we couldnt do less than that !Welcome, LiaMonster, 6 DCs, you have my profound respect, Lia. And Monster, you have a great job indeed, being able to take baby with you, I'd love that [sigh and another sigh as I will be officially unemployed when mat leave finished in March]

Whew, couldn't find you all for a bit there, and was about to throw a tantrum! Fortunately I can now save my energy.

No, we did meet up! A lovely time had by all, bar perhaps Babygoat for a while, as he threw a screaming fit which meant I had to go out and trot up and down the concourse for a bit until he deigned to quieten down. Maybe next time others can venture forth too, weather, LOs and general life permitting?!

Babygoat continued to throw a screaming fit when we returned home - we have not had anything like it before. However he is now sound asleep in his cot and hasn't moved for about an hour, unusually (should be turned 90 degrees and halfway up the cot by now) so perhaps he was entirely shattered. Will he - dare I say it?- sleep throughAhahahahahaha! Back on planet earth now. That was a nice little fantasy moment...

seaside my DH pointed out that once we hit toddlerdom, all thoughts of a tidy house will go out the window anyway, so why not start early!

So glad you met up. Bit far to come from Scotland unfortunately. I met a girl from the Nov thread this week. It was really nice, as we kinda knew each other already. My baby is twice the size of hers though, and only 2 weeks older. We plan to have a meet-up in Edinburgh with a few more from the thread.

Just checking out the snug so I can come back in April.. Only 9 more weeks at work so becoming a bit (argh!) real...

Also want advice. DD was calmest least movey baby in utero and then super calm textbook baby when born. This LO is the squigglyest, kickiest, most impatient little thing: does this mean I will have a hyperactive, unsleeping terror baby, or might s/he still be calm?! Need reassurance there is nooooo connection. Whatsoever!